# US 11,910,075 B2 · Imaging apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,910,075 B2 - Document ID: US11910075B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/525,242 - Filed: 2021-11-12 - Published: 2023-05-18 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2021-11-12 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Shoma Mizutani - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11910075B2 ## CPC - H04N 23/51: Housings - H04N 23/531: {being rotatable or detachable} - G03B 17/02: Bodies - G03B 17/56: Accessories (carrying-cases A45C11/38) - G03B 17/561: {Support related camera accessories} - G03B 17/563: {Camera grips, handles (means in general for steadying hand-held apparatus F16M13/00)} - H04N 23/53: of electronic viewfinders, e.g. rotatable or detachable - H04N 23/60: Control of cameras or camera modules - H04N 23/632: {for displaying or modifying preview images prior to image capturing, e.g. variety of image resolutions or capturing parameters} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D) ## Abstract An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit configured to capture an image of a subject; a main body having a grip region provided on a first surface on which the imaging unit is disposed so that a user is able to grip the grip region; and a stand portion provided at a first end portion of the main body and disposed with the grip region separated from the imaging unit. The grip region faces a long side of an imaging surface of the imaging unit. The stand portion is located on a first axis orthogonal to an optical axis of the imaging unit and is rotatable within a plane along the optical axis and the first axis. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging unit configured to capture an image of a subject; a main body having a grip region provided on a first surface on which the imaging unit is disposed so that a user is able to grip the grip region; and a stand portion provided at a first end portion of the main body and disposed with the grip region separated from the imaging unit, wherein the grip region faces a long side of an imaging surface of the imaging unit, and wherein the stand portion is located on a first axis orthogonal to an optical axis of the imaging unit and is rotatable within a plane along the optical axis and the first axis. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a first operation button that accepts an image acquiring instruction from a user is disposed at a position overlapping the first axis in the main body. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a second operation member having a dial shape is disposed at a position overlapping the first axis in the main body. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the stand portion includes a pair of leg portions which extend in parallel to the first axis outside the main body and a connection portion which connects the pair of leg portions. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The imaging apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the main body has an accommodation groove provided on a second surface opposite to the first surface to receive the connection portion, and wherein the stand portion is able to be accommodated in the main body by rotation. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The imaging apparatus according to claim 5, wherein a magnet is disposed in the connection portion, and wherein a magnetic body to which the magnet is attracted is disposed in the accommodation groove. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The imaging apparatus according to claim 6, wherein a display unit which is rotatable within a plane along the optical axis and the first axis is disposed at a second end portion opposite to the first end portion in the main body, and wherein the display unit is rotatable from a state in which a display surface faces the first surface side to an accommodation state in which the display surface is visible from the second surface side. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The imaging apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the display unit covers the connection portion accommodated in the accommodation groove in the accommodation state. ### Claim 9 An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging unit configured to capture an image of a subject; a main body having a grip region provided on a first surface on which the imaging unit is disposed so that a user is able to grip the grip region; and a stand portion provided at a first end portion of the main body and disposed with the grip region separated from the imaging unit, wherein the grip region faces a long side of an imaging surface of the imaging unit, and wherein the stand portion is located on a first axis orthogonal to an optical axis of the imaging unit and is rotatable within a plane along the optical axis and the first axis, wherein a long side of the main body is parallel to the first axis, wherein the first end portion is bottom side of the main body. ### Claim 10 An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging lens; an imaging sensor configured to capture an image of a subject that has passed through the imaging lens; a stand that is rotatable; an operation button configured to accept an instruction from a user; and a display configured to display an image generated using the imaging sensor, wherein in a case in which a direction parallel to a short side of an imaging surface of the imaging sensor is defined as a first direction, a direction parallel to a long side of the imaging surface of the imaging sensor is defined as a second direction, one side in the first direction is defined as an upper side, and the other side in the first direction is defined as a lower side, the operation button and the stand are located on a lower side of the imaging apparatus with respect to the imaging sensor, and the stand is rotatable around an axis in the second direction, wherein a surface of the imaging apparatus on a subject side is defined as a front surface, the imaging lens is located on the front surface of the imaging apparatus, and the display is located on a rear surface of the imaging apparatus with respect to an accommodation state, wherein when viewed from the optical axis direction of the imaging lens, the imaging lens is superimposed on the display in the accommodation state, wherein a long side of the imaging apparatus is parallel to the first direction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The imaging apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the display can rotate so that a display surface of the display faces a front side. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The imaging apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the operation button accepts at least one of an instruction to capture a still image and an instruction to record a moving image from a user. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The imaging apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising a pair of microphones capable of recording in stereo. ### Claim 14 The imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging sensor configured to capture an image of a subject that has passed through an imaging lens; a stand that is rotatable; an operation button configured to accept an instruction from a user; and a display configured to display an image generated using the imaging sensor, wherein in a case in which a direction parallel to a short side of an imaging surface of the imaging sensor is defined as a first direction, a direction parallel to a long side of the imaging surface of the imaging sensor is defined as a second direction, one side in the first direction is defined as an upper side, and the other side in the first direction is defined as a lower side, the operation button and the stand are located on a lower side of the imaging apparatus with respect to the imaging sensor, and the stand is rotatable around an axis in the second direction, wherein the stand has a pair of leg portions rotatable along a pair of side surfaces of the imaging apparatus, and a connection portion connecting the pair of leg portions, and wherein a surface of the imaging apparatus on a subject side is defined as a front surface, the imaging lens is located on the front surface of the imaging apparatus, and the connection portion of the stand is in contact on a rear surface of the imaging apparatus with respect to an accommodation state. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The imaging apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising a display configured to display an image generated using the imaging sensor, wherein a surface of the imaging apparatus on a subject side is defined as a front surface, the display is located on a rear surface of the imaging apparatus, wherein a connection portion of the stand in the accommodation state is covered by the display in the accommodation state. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The imaging apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the stand can be rotated by 180° or more from a first position where a connection portion of the stand is in contact with the rear surface of the imaging apparatus.